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I was browsing one of my favorite sites and they had an article about a boy with Lukima, who got to live his dream of being Batman for a day. Great story. His local police department put the whole thing on and filmed it as well.
Anyway, one of the photos of the event, showed some photographers taking pictures and I noticed something that I see all to often...and it drives me crazy.
Here is a 'Guy With a Camera' and he's using what looks like an omnibounce. He's got it pointed upwards at 45 degrees, as it probably says to do in the instruction manual (if there is one, for such a simple product). But the thing is...he's outside! So 80% of the light is going up into the sky, another 15-18% is probably going out in other directions...which leaves 2-5% actually getting to the subject of the photo.
The little 'cap' on the flash isn't any larger than the bare flash head...actually, in this orientation, it looks to be smaller. So there is no benefit to the quality of light....it's not making the light any softer.
So what are the results of doing this....well, the flash has to use much, much more power that it would if it was bare and pointed directly at the subject. That like means that the working distance is probably rather short, especially in bright outdoor situations. It also means that the recharge time on the flash will be slower and the batteries will be dead much sooner than they need to be.
So if you, or anyone you know, is doing this...please intervene. Together, we CAN stop flash abuse.
Anyway, one of the photos of the event, showed some photographers taking pictures and I noticed something that I see all to often...and it drives me crazy.
Here is a 'Guy With a Camera' and he's using what looks like an omnibounce. He's got it pointed upwards at 45 degrees, as it probably says to do in the instruction manual (if there is one, for such a simple product). But the thing is...he's outside! So 80% of the light is going up into the sky, another 15-18% is probably going out in other directions...which leaves 2-5% actually getting to the subject of the photo.
The little 'cap' on the flash isn't any larger than the bare flash head...actually, in this orientation, it looks to be smaller. So there is no benefit to the quality of light....it's not making the light any softer.
So what are the results of doing this....well, the flash has to use much, much more power that it would if it was bare and pointed directly at the subject. That like means that the working distance is probably rather short, especially in bright outdoor situations. It also means that the recharge time on the flash will be slower and the batteries will be dead much sooner than they need to be.
So if you, or anyone you know, is doing this...please intervene. Together, we CAN stop flash abuse.
You might get lucky, but your just wasting ammo!
They won't know what to do!
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